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Exercise safe and responsible driving during the holidays

The holiday brings with it an increase in vehicular traffic and the potential for traffic related injuries and death.

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Updated: 11:07 AM EST Dec 24, 2016

Exercise safe and responsible driving during the holidays

The holiday brings with it an increase in vehicular traffic and the potential for traffic related injuries and death.

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Updated: 11:07 AM EST Dec 24, 2016

The Pennsylvania State Police would like to remind motorists to exercise safe and responsible driving. The Holiday brings with it an increase in vehicular traffic and the potential for traffic related injuries and death.

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Precautions:

-Drive safe in a defensive manner, avoid speeding, tailgating and other aggressive driving.

-Make sure everyone in your vehicle uses the seatbelt for their seating position in the way it was designed. Pennsylvania Law requires children from 1-4 years of age to be properly secured in a child safety seat and children 4-8 years of age to be properly secured in a child booster seat. As a reminder, the child safety law was amended in November, which requires that all children 2 years of age and under must be in rear facing car seat.

-Do not drive under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. If you have been drinking, have a designated driver who is not DUI operate your vehicle. Children and adults are injured or killed as a result of DUI each day within the Commonwealth and the number increases during holiday times.

-Plan your route to your destination and allow yourself ample time to safely complete your trip. You may encounter unexpected delays, examples are; increased traffic volume and emergency response areas. When you approach an emergency response area where Police, Fire, EMS, Towing, Construction and/or Utility workers are performing their duty, PA law requires that you: 1- Pass in a lane NOT adjacent to the emergency response area; or 2- If a nonadjacent lane is not possible, motorists are required to reduce speed for safely passing.

Enforcement:

-Due to the increase in persons injured and killed in traffic related crashes on our roadways during this and other holiday seasons, a focus will be placed on the enforcement of all PA traffic Laws by members of The Pennsylvania State Police.